Soviet Nuclear Submarine Defects to the United States, 1984 - Animated

In 1984, a deadly new Soviet Nuclear Ballistic Missile Submarine leaves Murmansk and heads out into the North Atlantic. The entire Soviet Navy is looking for her, with orders to sink the brand new vessel. Fearing a rogue Captain is about to launch nuclear weapons against the United States, the President deploys the US Navy into the Atlantic as well.

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[TheOperationsRoom]

Protip before commenting - check the release date 👀

[Big_E_Soul_Fragment]

For a man born in the Soviet Union, her captain has a very distinct Scottish accent

[alzurath]

Fun fact, the Russian Captain after the successful defection, changed his name to Sean Connery, and made a movie about his own exploits. It's an excellent film.

[jameshusband]

What a wonderful story. Someone should write a book or make a movie about it. James Bond would be perfect to play the Soviet Captain with Doctor Frankenfurter as his XO.

[wpatton]

As a retired Naval officer, I served on a diesel sub, ballistic missile sub and then as an S-3 pilot. When the movie came out I was on the SSBN and we were all amazed at Clancy's ability to get so much "right".

[farginbastage]

Fun fact: Captain Borodin would survive the encounter and eventually visit Montana (Badlands Region) where he would become a prominent Paleontologist and expert in Velociraptors

[Abusemtex]

This incident is legendary. I think they even made a movie about it.

[CaptainFritz]

Having only recently seen "The Hunt for Red October" I thought it strange that something so similar was real but thought that maybe the movie was based off of real events. Then I looked at the comments...

Certainly, the best April fool's video I've seen this year.

[ColoursCapello]

I was actually there watching this event unfold. It all happened in just 2 hours and 9 minutes. I had to call timeout with the soviets while I went to the bathroom. Everyone waited for me. It was a touching moment of humanity in this crazy world.

[kpdubbs]

I have seen the 1990 documentary in which Connery and Baldwin portray some of the men present during this incident many times. Your use of graphics and key details breaks this down succinctly and gets to the heart of the event. It makes this a wonderful way for people to learn about this important historical event without having to slog through the entire two hour documentary, as good as it was.

[BigJayNJ]

I hate April Fools on the Internet. Your videos are literally the ONLY April Fools content I enjoy. They're really well done. Keep it up.

[Revup]

We really do owe our cold war submariners a debt of honour. Thank you for bringing such stories to light without remorse. I think its worrying that such patriot games were played under the surface of our oceans back then. In those days the red storm was really rising, and there a was clear and present danger for us all. If this had gone wrong it would have been the sum of all our fears come true.

[jerkypat]

A friend of mine was on the Rubin James when they rescued the Soviet crew. He was very proud of that day. Operation was so secret that the ship’s crew did not receive an award.

[milo]

What really gives this away—just as much as the pop culture story that precedes it—is how coordinated and effective virtually every military asset is in the telling.

[mikenickolaus]

I served in the US Navy as a subhunter during this era, flying aboard the S-3 Viking. I've always appreciated the authenticity of Clancey's novels.

[rimlandrealist]

As one deeply familiar with this incident, there is 1 innacuracy: the first torpedo from the Konovalov did not hit the Typhoon, it overshot its target

[Andy]

it’s still mind boggling that he wrote a book that accurately described a plausible situation that could have played out exactly like that. almost like it was a real story

[redbullninja]

I respect the time and dedication that went into this april fools joke haha I was literally saying out loud "no way dude" until I relized the date lmao

[timepiece_enthusiast]

Damn, every year I think I won't fall for an April Fool's joke and I get hit by sophisticated ones like this one here, well done Sir!

[okankyoto]

The sheer number of direct line quotations delivered perfectly straight-faced is an incredible feat!